Music of Ireland
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
'"Women of Ireland" is a Irish folk music song by Seán Ó Riada arranged by Paddy Moloney and performed by The Chieftains featured in the film Barry Lyndon (1975)." |
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Irish Music is music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland.
The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional music. It has remained vibrant through the 20th and into the 21st century, despite globalising cultural forces. In spite of emigration and a well-developed connection to music influences from Britain and the United States, Irish traditional music has kept many of its elements and has itself influenced many forms of music, such as country and roots music in the United States, which in turn have had some influence on modern rock music. It has occasionally been fused with rock and roll, punk and rock and other genres. Some of these fusion artists have attained mainstream success, at home and abroad.
In art music, Ireland has a history reaching back to Gregorian chants in the Middle Ages, choral and harp music of the Renaissance, court music of the Baroque and early Classical period, as well as many Romantic, late Romantic and twentieth-century modernist music. It is still a vibrant genre with many composers and ensembles writing and performing avant-garde art music in the classical tradition.
On a smaller scale, Ireland has also produced many jazz musicians of note, particularly after the 1950s.
See also
- Celtic music
- Sean-nós song
- Lilting
- Irish traditional music session
- List of Irish ballads
- Irish rebel music
- List of Irish musicians
- List of All-Ireland Champions
- List of Irish music collectors
- List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
- List of songs that reached number one on the Irish Dance Chart
- List of songs that reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart
- One Hit Wonders in Ireland